A weird-but-wonderful list lifted from alejna at collecting tokens -- this checklist of things do to before you die tickled my fancy (or my desire to talk about myself!), so here it is.
So, bold if I've done it.
01. Bought everyone in the bar a drink
02. Swam with wild dolphins
03. Climbed a mountain [since 'rock-climbing' is below, I'm assuming this is walking up]
04. Taken a Ferrari for a test drive
05. Been inside the Great Pyramid
06. Held a tarantula
07. Taken a candlelit bath with someone
08. Said “I love you” and meant it
09. Hugged a tree
10. Bungee jumped
11. Visited Paris
12. Watched a lightning storm at sea
13. Stayed up all night long and saw the sun rise
14. Seen the Northern Lights
15. Gone to a huge sports game
16. Walked the stairs to the top of the leaning Tower of Pisa
17. Grown and eaten your own vegetables
18. Touched an iceberg
19. Slept under the stars
20. Changed a baby’s diaper
21. Taken a trip in a hot air balloon
22. Watched a meteor shower
23. Gotten drunk on champagne
24. Given more than you can afford to charity
25. Looked up at the night sky through a telescope
26. Had an uncontrollable giggling fit at the worst possible moment
27. Had a food fight
28. Bet on a winning horse
29. Asked out a stranger
30. Had a snowball fight
31. Screamed as loudly as you possibly can
32. Held a lamb
33. Seen a total eclipse
34. Ridden a roller coaster
35. Hit a home run
36. Danced like a fool and didn’t care who was looking
37. Adopted an accent for an entire day
38. Actually felt happy about your life, even for just a moment
39. Had two hard drives for your computer [okay, a geek wrote this list!]
40. Visited all 50 states
41. Taken care of someone who was drunk
42. Had amazing friends
43. Danced with a stranger in a foreign country
44. Watched whales
45. Stolen a sign
46. Backpacked in Europe
47. Taken a road-trip
48. Gone rock climbing
49. Midnight walk on the beach [even went swimming]
50. Gone sky diving
51. Visited Ireland
52. Been heartbroken longer than you were actually in love
53. In a restaurant, sat at a stranger’s table and had a meal with them
54. Visited Japan
55. Milked a cow
56. Alphabetized your CDs
57. Pretended to be a superhero
58. Sung karaoke
59. Lounged around in bed all day
60. Played touch football
61. Gone scuba diving
62. Kissed in the rain
63. Played in the mud
64. Played in the rain
65. Gone to a drive-in theater
66. Visited the Great Wall of China
67. Started a business
68. Fallen in love and not had your heart broken
69. Toured ancient sites
70. Taken a martial arts class
71. Played D&D for more than 6 hours straight
72. Gotten married
73. Been in a movie
74. Crashed a party
75. Gotten divorced
76. Gone without food for 5 days
77. Made cookies from scratch
78. Won first prize in a costume contest
79. Ridden a gondola in Venice
80. Gotten a tattoo
81. Rafted the Snake River
82. Been on television news programs as an “expert”
83. Gotten flowers for no reason
84. Performed on stage
85. Been to Las Vegas
86. Recorded music
87. Eaten shark
88. Kissed on the first date
89. Gone to Thailand
90. Bought a house
91. Been in a combat zone
92. Buried one/both of your parents
93. Been on a cruise ship
94. Spoken more than one language fluently
95. Performed in Rocky Horror [I'm going to assume this means full costume & full participation at a public viewing.]
96. Raised children
97. Followed your favorite band/singer on tour
98. Passed out cold
99. Taken an exotic bicycle tour in a foreign country
100. Picked up and moved to another city to just start over
101. Walked the Golden Gate Bridge
102. Sang loudly in the car, and didn’t stop when you knew someone was looking
103. Had plastic surgery [technically yes, but nothing altering...]
104. Survived an accident that you shouldn’t have survived
105. Wrote articles for a large publication
106. Lost over 100 pounds
107. Held someone while they were having a flashback
108. Piloted an airplane
109. Touched a stingray
110. Broken someone’s heart
111. Helped an animal give birth
112. Won money on a T.V. game show
113. Broken a bone
114. Gone on an African photo safari
115. Had a facial part pierced other than your ears
116. Fired a rifle, shotgun, or pistol
117. Eaten mushrooms that were gathered in the wild
118. Ridden a horse
119. Had major surgery
120. Had a snake as a pet
121. Hiked to the bottom of the Grand Canyon
122. Slept for more than 30 hours over the course of 48 hours
123. Visited more foreign countries than U.S. states
124. Visited all 7 continents
125. Taken a canoe trip that lasted more than 2 days
126. Eaten kangaroo meat
127. Eaten sushi
128. Had your picture in the newspaper
129. Changed someone’s mind about something you care deeply about
130. Gone back to school
131. Parasailed
132. Touched a cockroach
133. Eaten fried green tomatoes
134. Read The Iliad - and the Odyssey
135. Selected one “important” author who you missed in school, and read
136. Killed and prepared an animal for eating
137. Skipped all your school reunions
138. Communicated with someone without sharing a common spoken language
139. Been elected to public office
140. Written your own computer language [did I mention that there are overtones of geek in this list?]
141. Thought to yourself that you’re living your dream
142. Had to put someone you love into hospice care
143. Built your own PC from parts [I mean, really!]
144. Sold your own artwork to someone who didn’t know you
145. Had a booth at a street fair
146. Dyed your hair
147. Been a DJ
148. Shaved your head
149. Caused a car accident
150. Saved someone’s life
Hmm. 74 in all. Some of these I'll never do...like scuba diving, or touching a tarantula. Others I hope I never do, like #149.
You know the drill -- tag yourself if this intrigues you, and let me know how it goes!
Lori
Election Day Noms
9 hours ago
6 comments:
Wow, you've accomplished quite a lot. (If some of the items can be considered accomplishments. Some of are definitely more mishaps than achievements.) But I'm impressed that you've managed almost half.
The more I look at this list, the more I think it was some sort of group composition. I can imagine people adding to the list. The order is so random. (Suddenly I have this urge to sort the damn thing.)
alejna
Ah, it's your linguistic background. Don't do it -- resist!!
But yes, I hear you. It was a group developing the list over beer... I can almost re-create the group of buddies in a university pub, pitchers of beer, and a pad of paper out of someone's backpack getting damp on the table: the computer nerd, the sports fiend, the traveler, the astronomy major...
Wow, that's a list I have to write down. I had made my own list a few years ago, which i dug out. Here's what I have on the "Done" side. The "Not Done Yet" is too long to post. :-)
-write a book
-skydive naked
-snorkel in Hawaii
-see the Northern Lights
-see the Midnight Sun
-go skinny-dipping
-give blood
-go streaking
-march in a protest
-sleep aboard a boat
-appear in a music video
-voice a radio commercial
-act on a stage
-sing in front of a crowd
-speak in front of a crowd and make them laugh (intentionally)
-paint in oils, acrylics, watercolours
-watch the sunrise in Hawaii
-ride in a helicopter
-jump out of a helicopter
-go whitewater rafting
-be my own boss
-go on a spiritual retreat
-river tube
-get a tattoo
-go deep-sea fishing
-ride in an aerobatics plane (doing aerobatics)
-take flying lessons
-get debt-free
-write a fan letter to my favourite author (www.spiderrobinson.com)
-learn to meditate
-go to a nude beach
-do a 5-mile hike in the mountains
-swim in the Pacific and the Atlantic Oceans
-vacation at a clothing-optional campground
-tour a vineyard and sample fine wine
-visit Washington, DC
-go to a summer solstice celebration and sing and howl at the moon
-buy cheap dishes and throw them all at the wall
-take a self-defense course
-watch whales swim in the ocean
-design and code my own webpage
-get paid to edit a newspaper
-spend 2 weeks in a teepee
-have a family reunion with all of my siblings
And from your list, I've done quite a few, including
-bought everyone in the bar a drink, watched a meteor shower, given more than I could afford to charity, bet on a winning horse
-been on television news programs as an "expert", picked up and moved to another city to just start over, ridden a horse, had major surgery, had a pet snake, sold my own artwork to someone who didn’t know me. Still lots on the To Do list though.
I knew this would inspire you, PJ!! :-)
#56 is the scariest of them all -- you put your CDs in alphabetical order!
Don't worry, Mad. It was only once, and that was when new hubby and I moved into our new house last year. Now they're a mess!
:p
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